i think thats the strangest build i have seen since my 67 greeves challenger with a 350 honda twin.you are very creative!

Thanks! Got pics of the Greeves?

No building progress on the bike, but I did go down to the DMV today. I had no title, but after a VIN inspection and filling out a few extra forms and a lot of looking up paperwork codes I got a temporary license plate and paperwork. Real plate and title to be mailed later. Woot!

"?Plate? I thought this was a race bike? I'm guessing there was no "safety inspections (Mirros, lights etc.) - they must leave that inspection to the cops. Does this mean that you can "show and tell" at some near future meet-up?

"?Plate? I thought this was a race bike? I'm guessing there was no "safety inspections (Mirros, lights etc.) - they must leave that inspection to the cops. Does this mean that you can "show and tell" at some near future meet-up?

I need a plate for Mexico; the race is all on public roads. Regardless, I want this bike to be a replacement for my KTM 640- just a little heavier and more comfortable.

The DMV was only concerned with the VIN and whether the bike still looked like a CB500. Since it does, I'll get a regular title with a reconstructed brand on it. The safety inspection was for when a bike was converted from dirt to street use, which is no longer allowed. There was nowhere in the paperwork indicating inspections. If I behave myself there won't be any roadside safety inspections either.

Hopefully it will be together enough to bring to a meetup one of these weeks; I haven't had time to go to them in ages anyway.

No building progress on the bike, but I did go down to the DMV today. I had no title, but after a VIN inspection and filling out a few extra forms and a lot of looking up paperwork codes I got a temporary license plate and paperwork. Real plate and title to be mailed later. Woot!

Apologies to everyone who had to wait in line behind me.

Awesome! The tale of your DMV adventure reminds me of some lyrics from Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time." The exception is to replace "Laughing" with "Gawking in Awe."

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

__________________"Remember, you may have to grow old, but you don't have to mature." - Red Green

Awesome! The tale of your DMV adventure reminds me of some lyrics from Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time." The exception is to replace "Laughing" with "Gawking in Awe."

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

I'd never heard it before. I think that's the song of the whole bike. Just replace the factory with ebay and craigslist

I did some welding today, finished my second bottle of argon. It seems that all the materials for TIG welding are sized right for me. I use 1 tungsten, and 1 pound of rod for each 80 cft bottle of argon. I might have used a little less tungsten on this second bottle, but it's close.

Mounting points on the swingarm for the chain guide:

Rear brake stop. The original one wasn't quite in the right place so a while ago I hacked it up to work. Today I cut the hack off and replaced it.

Since the welding on the swingarm had bent it yet again, I re-did the axle spacers.
Once I get the chain and wheel alignment right I'll make some proper spacers.

Next up, bodywork. I got a set of fenders from DC plastics. They're actually for a 1980 Husqvarna WR.

Front:

Rear:

If anyone knows where to get a Husqvarna taillight, let me know. Or anything 3.5" square would be about right.

Overall:

With rider, for scale (and pose).

A little detail of the fender mount and the seat retainer. The cad plated pin is a lynch pin that's been extended to reach the center where the seat retainer is, the spring hoop on it hooks on a ridge on the tube.